The Impact Private Sector Partnerships Program (IPSP) promotes the uptake of inclusive business partnerships via the Business Partnerships Platform (BPP) and offers a Business Engagement Support Unit (BESU), which provide technical advice on key market conditions and enabling issues for business to inform DFAT private sector engagement strategies and development programming. Carbon markets expertise has been included in the IPSP’s capabilities.

As part of this mission, Alluvium (through AMPERES) reviewed partnership results, supported verification of methodologies for certification, contributed to learning sessions on social benefits, advised on premium credits for social impact, and provided in-field support for community engagement and data collection.